Health Sciences Undergraduate Majors

Undergraduate majors in Purdue's School of Health Sciences prepare students for fulfilling health-related careers. Our challenging curriculum offers a common core of courses in mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry. Within Health Sciences students have the opportunity to participate in multiple health-related student organizations, gain real-world experience through internships, and conduct groundbreaking undergraduate research. Graduates from the School of Health Sciences have found excellent success in gaining employment and admission to professional school programs including medicine, dentistry, physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), optometry, public health, and physician assistant (PA).

Recent alumni of the School of Health Sciences work for a variety of companies including Google, Amazon.com, Johnson & Johnson, Subaru, Alcoa, Indiana State Department of Health, Purdue University, Indiana State Police, IU Health, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lyondell Basell, and Flint Hills Resources. In 2013, approximately 70% of Health Sciences graduates enrolled in professional or graduate school programs.

Please visit the pages listed below to learn more about our undergraduate majors.

Radiation is all around us and is used for such purposes as generating power, analyzing samples and materials, diagnosing medical conditions and treating cancer. These powerful tools require trained individuals to protect patients, medical staff, the public, and even the environment from unnecessary exposure to radiation. The School of Health Sciences offers two concentrations: Radiological Health Sciences Health Physics and Radiological Health Sciences Pre-Medical Physics.